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TOKEN2049 Announces US Expansion, Bringing the World’s Largest Crypto Conference to New York

- Announced today at TOKEN2049 Singapore, TOKEN2049 New York will take place on 16-17 June 2027, with 15,000 attendees expected - New York joins Singapore and Dubai as TOKEN2049’s third flagship and a permanent fixture on its annual event circuit - New York will host the full TOKEN2049 experience, with TOKEN2049 Week set for a citywide takeover SINGAPORE — October 7, 2026 — TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto conference, today announced its expansion into the United States with the launch of TOKEN2049 New York. The inaugural US edition will take place on 16-17 June 2027, with 15,000 attendees expected from around the world. The announcement was made at TOKEN2049 Singapore ahead of Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff’s highly anticipated main stage session. The launch establishes New York as TOKEN2049’s third flagship and a permanent fixture on its annual event circuit alongside Singapore and Dubai, extending its presence across Asia, the Middle East and North America. It brings the world’s largest crypto conference to the heart of global capital markets and creates a major new US meeting point for the international digital asset industry. Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049 said: “Bringing TOKEN2049 to the US has been a long time coming. Our attendees and partners have been asking us to make it happen, and we’ve been waiting for the right moment and the right setting. Everything has now come together in New York. We’re incredibly excited to bring the full TOKEN2049 experience our community knows and loves to the US. New York will be a permanent part of our annual calendar alongside Dubai and Singapore. We have an exciting year ahead.” Beyond the two-day conference, TOKEN2049 Week will take over New York with a citywide programme of events and experiences. Tickets for TOKEN2049 New York are now on sale for US$599. ### Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, is available for interview. ABOUT TOKEN2049 TOKEN2049 is a global crypto event series with flagship editions in Singapore, Dubai and New York. It brings together entrepreneurs, institutions, investors and builders from across the global crypto ecosystem.Oct 8, 2026

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CrowdCent and Starkiller Capital Launch Market-Neutral Stat-Arb Vault; Waitlist Opens at TOKEN2049 Singapore

SINGAPORE, 7 October 2026 CrowdCent, the crowdsourced machine-learning challenge for crypto markets, and Starkiller Capital today announced the upcoming launch of the CrowdCent vault, a market-neutral statistical arbitrage vault that turns the collective intelligence of competing data scientists into a traded long/short book. The vault's waitlist opens tomorrow, 8 October, during the team's TOKEN2049 presentation (11:00 AM SGT), with the vault expected to open for deposits relatively shortly after the conference. The strategy is capacity constrained, and the vault will admit depositors from the waitlist as capacity becomes available. How it works Every day, data scientists in the CrowdCent Challenge rank roughly 180 Hyperliquid perpetual futures on expected 10- and 30-day relative returns. CrowdCent blends those rankings into a single meta-model, weighted toward models with demonstrated live skill and unique signal. The vault holds the top-ranked names long and the bottom-ranked names short, sized so net exposure stays at zero. The team behind it CrowdCent's founders are ex-Millennium researchers and Numerai Grandmasters who have competed and staked in Numerai's tournament since 2019. Their Numerai crypto model has posted a +1,589% all-time staked return (tournament results, not a fund track record). The CrowdCent meta-model has scored above the median Challenge model on 84% of days, with a 0.143 mean rank correlation on the 30-day horizon. In simulation, the simplest version of the book returned +19.5% at a 1.39 Sharpe with a -5.6% maximum drawdown, beating 100 out of 100 randomly constructed books. With Starkiller Capital's risk and portfolio construction applied to the same signal, the simulated book returned +27% at a 1.82 Sharpe and 10.3% volatility. Risk by construction The vault targets zero net exposure with no structural beta, sector, or momentum tilt, hard drawdown limits with an automated kill switch, and margin sized for worst-day moves with auto-deleveraging. Vault mechanics are on-chain deposits and withdrawals in an offshore structure. The announcement The pre-deposit waitlist opens during the CrowdCent x Starkiller Capital presentation at TOKEN2049 Singapore on 8 October at 11:00 AM SGT. Investors can join the waitlist at crowdcent.com/vault. Because the strategy is capacity constrained, waitlist members will be admitted as capacity becomes available. Data scientists can enter the underlying competition at crowdcent.com/challenge, where USDC and NMR rewards are paid for live performance. "The raw data coming out of the Challenge keeps getting better, and it should only accelerate from here," said Jason Rosenfeld, Co-founder and CEO of CrowdCent. "The modelers are building with better AI every month, which makes the competition sharper, the aggregate data richer, and the meta-model stronger. It is collective intelligence built on the best new technology available, and we are excited to keep growing the community behind it." "The edge is not one secret model. It is a system that produces good models every single day," said Leigh Drogen, CIO and Founding GP of Starkiller Capital, the vault's manager. "Our job is the unglamorous part: sizing, risk, and making sure the thing survives contact with real markets. We are really excited to give the market access to this strategy through the vault." About CrowdCent CrowdCent runs an open daily competition in which data scientists rank crypto perpetuals; the blended meta-model powers a market-neutral book. The Challenge has drawn 65+ active participants and 28,000+ submissions, with free data, a public leaderboard scored on Hyperliquid prices, a portfolio simulator, and Cloud GPUs for training. About Starkiller Capital Starkiller Capital is a quantitative digital-asset manager founded in 2021, running a trend-following liquid token fund and a market-neutral DeFi yield fund. Media contacts Leigh Drogen, CIO and Founding GP, Starkiller Capital — [email protected] Jason Rosenfeld, Co-founder and CEO, CrowdCent — [email protected] Disclaimers This announcement is for information only and is not an offer or solicitation to buy any security, fund interest, or vault interest, and is not investment advice. Any offering will be made only under the fund's offering documents, to eligible investors in jurisdictions where it is permitted. US persons and residents of restricted jurisdictions are not contemplated as investors. Certain figures above are hypothetical, simulated results from the CrowdCent Simulator; hypothetical results have inherent limitations, are prepared with the benefit of hindsight, do not reflect actual trading, and exclude slippage, market impact, and auto-deleveraging. Tournament results are competition scores and stakes, not fund track records. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Crypto perpetual futures are highly volatile and can lose all value.Oct 7, 2026

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TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 Sells Out, Drawing 25,000 Attendees to the World’s Largest Crypto Event

Crypto’s biggest week kicks off as TOKEN2049 Singapore returns on 7-8 October, convening 25,000 attendees from 160 countries with hundreds of side-events to light up the city SINGAPORE, 6 October 2026 – TOKEN2049 Singapore has sold out ahead of its return to Marina Bay Sands on 7–8 October, with 25,000 attendees from 160 countries set to attend. This year’s edition features 250 speakers across six stages and 500 exhibitors. This year’s speakers include Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket; Jeff Yan, CEO of Hyperliquid Labs; Eric Trump; Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Co-Founders of Gemini; Balaji Srinivasan; Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq; Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom; Tom Lee, CIO at Fundstrat and Chairman of Bitmine; and Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision, alongside hundreds of leading founders, CEOs, investors and builders from around the world. Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, commented: “We’ve fully sold out ahead of the event and have an incredible programme lined up - our best yet. Six stages will run in parallel across the two days, with some major announcements set to be made. It’s been a full year since our last TOKEN2049 experience. We can’t wait to welcome the global industry back to Singapore this week.” What’s New at TOKEN2049: Built for Every Corner of the Industry Taking over all five floors of Marina Bay Sands, TOKEN2049 will transform the venue into a city-within-a-city designed for networking, collaboration and discovery. Across six stages, participants will hear from leading founders, investors and institutions shaping the industry, while dedicated lounges, co-working hubs and networking zones create spaces for conversations and connections beyond the stage. TOKEN2049 Institutional debuts on 8 October, bringing together 250 senior leaders from global finance and digital assets for a private gathering. Speakers include representatives from Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Solana Foundation and Franklin Templeton. The event will also feature a city pavilion for the first time. The Dubai Pavilion will bring together ten exhibitors, including Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), real estate developers OMNIYAT and Emaar and Prima Luxury. The NEXUS Startup Competition will see finalists compete for US$250,000, with judges from Dragonfly, Multicoin and Maelstrom. The TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon returns for its second edition, bringing together leading developers for a 36-hour sprint with a US$150,000 prize pool. Across the venue, TOKEN2049’s signature experiences will return, spanning wellness, sport and entertainment, alongside world-class hospitality throughout the event. TOKEN2049 Week kicks off Singapore’s busiest week of the year, with hundreds of side-events across the city leading up to the Grand Prix weekend. TOKEN2049 will also welcome four-time Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen, fellow World Champions Lando Norris and Jenson Button. TOKEN2049 is supported by a global roster of partners, with Title Sponsors including OKX, Sui, BloFin, Mesh, BingX, TRON and Solana, together with more than 500 exhibitors. For more information, please visit: https://token2049.com/singapore PR Newswire is a Community Partner of TOKEN2049 Singapore. ### Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, is available for an interview. About TOKEN2049 TOKEN2049 is the largest global digital assets conference series, with editions in Singapore and Dubai. It brings together founders, investors, institutions and builders to exchange ideas, build relationships and do business. Each edition combines a conference programme and exhibition with networking experiences and a week of events across the host city.Oct 7, 2026

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AFTER 2049 Confirms Headliners Claptone and Crusy for Singapore Grand Prix Weekend Kickoff

Closing out TOKEN2049, the world’s largest digital assets conference series, AFTER 2049 takes over the 57th floor of the iconic Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Observation Deck.  SINGAPORE, 10 September 2026 – TOKEN2049, the world’s largest digital assets conference series, announced the line-up for AFTER 2049, the official closing event of this year’s Singapore edition. Global house icon Claptone headlines, joined by Madrid’s Crusy. Taking place on 9 October 2026 at the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Observation Deck, the night’s lineup is completed by returning acts ANONM and Hong Kong’s Leon (FR), along with Milam and Mo-Shi.  Once a year, the SkyPark Observation Deck closes to the public and hands the 57th floor to AFTER 2049, with Formula 1 arriving below. Polygon Live returns with its hemispherical 360° spatial audio rig.  Limited-capacity tickets are on sale now, exclusively via Megatix. "AFTER 2049 returns to the Marina Bay Sands rooftop for Grand Prix weekend with Claptone, 57 floors above the circuit, on the only Polygon rig in Asia this year," says AFTER 2049 Founder Raphael Strauch. "Nothing else comes close." Headliner Claptone is one of dance music’s most recognisable figures. A German producer whose golden beak and white gloves have become a global calling card. He runs his own Golden Recordings label and stages The Masquerade parties worldwide, including residencies at Pacha in Ibiza. Crusy is one of Spain’s most sought-after house and tech-house producers. The Madrid-based artist broke through with his Toolroom debut ‘SELECTA’, and has since stacked up Beatport hits and releases across Toolroom, Defected and Knee Deep In Sound. With 80-plus shows spanning Ibiza, Tokyo, London and beyond, expect a set built for peak-time abandon. Polygon Live returns to deploy its 360° stage and spatial audio system, sending individual elements of each track around, above and through the crowd to place guests “inside the mix” in a way conventional stereo cannot. This will be the only Polygon Live production in South-East Asia for 2026. "As always, collaborating with AFTER 2049 has been extraordinary. Our teams share a dedication to outdoing ourselves year after year. We’re thrilled to be returning to Singapore, where our system will make for an unforgettable night above the city skyline,"  commented Nico Elliott, Polygon CEO.  AFTER 2049 is the official close of TOKEN2049 Singapore, capping two days of conference programming on 7-8 October, and the room where the industry ends its week. AFTER 2049 partners include Moët Hennessy Diageo, Heaven Sake, American Fortress, Aria One, Ault Blockchain, BTCC, ChangeNOW, DWF Labs, EverValue Coin, Midnight, Websea, TxFlow and $TRUMP. First Release tickets on sale now.  To purchase tickets, please visit: https://megatix.com.sg/events/after2049  ### About TOKEN2049  TOKEN2049 is the largest global digital assets conference series, organised semi-annually in Singapore and Dubai, where decision-makers in the global digital asset ecosystem connect to exchange ideas, network, and shape the industry. TOKEN2049 is the preeminent meeting place for entrepreneurs, institutions, industry insiders, investors, builders, and those with a strong interest in the digital assets industry.Sep 11, 2026

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TOKEN2049 Singapore Returns as the Largest Industry Gathering of the Year

25,000 attendees, 500 exhibitors, 300 speakers and 1,000 side events will bring the global crypto industry to Singapore this October TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto event, returns to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 7–8 October, bringing together 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries. The first 100 speakers have been announced, including Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket; Jeff Yan, CEO of Hyperliquid Labs; Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq; Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization; Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision; and Tom Lee, Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat. Institutional participation will be a major focus of this year’s edition, with senior leaders from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, NYSE, CME and Franklin Templeton expected across the event. Taking over all five floors of Marina Bay Sands, TOKEN2049 will create a festival-scale environment spanning content, networking, wellness, live experiences and its signature hospitality. Across TOKEN2049 Week, more than 1,000 events, from conferences and hackathons to investor gatherings, meetups and networking receptions, will fill venues throughout the city. Other major gatherings taking place in Singapore that week include Digital Asset Summit Asia, Sui Basecamp, the Network State Conference, the Milken Institute Asia Summit, and the Forbes Global CEO Conference, all against the backdrop of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, said: “With our Dubai edition moving to 2027, our full focus this year is on Singapore. We’re seeing strong interest, with more than 70% of the exhibition floor already secured. We’ll also unveil new tracks and formats in the coming weeks as we expand the institutional side of the programme. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back to TOKEN2049 this October for the largest industry gathering of the year.” The 2026 programme will also feature the second edition of TOKEN2049 Origins, a 36-hour hackathon, and the return of the NEXUS Startup Competition, with registrations and applications across both programmes already running well ahead of last year and numbering in the thousands. This year’s finalists are set to be judged by leading venture capital firms Dragonfly, Multicoin, and Maelstrom. Happy Bird tickets are currently available for a limited time, with TOKEN2049 Singapore expected to sell out ahead of the event. Limited exhibition and partnership opportunities also remain. For tickets and further information, visit TOKEN2049 Singapore. PR Newswire is a Community Partner of TOKEN2049 Singapore. ### Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, is available for interview. ABOUT TOKEN2049 TOKEN2049 is the world’s leading crypto event series, bringing together decision-makers from across the global digital asset ecosystem to connect, exchange ideas and shape the industry. TOKEN2049 is the meeting place for founders, executives, institutions, investors, builders and policymakers from around the world.Aug 17, 2026

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